out of the box   Designer packaging gives mooncakes added appeal. These boxes and tins look so good you’ll want to keep them long after the Mid- Autumn festival is over, to store those knick knacks around the house.

MAKEUP MAGIC This makes a pretty addition to any dressing table. Its three drawers hold all your makeup containers and pencils perfectly. WHAT’S INSIDE? Two tins of Chinese tea, Dragonwell and Pu-er; along with four baked mooncakes – Single Yolk and Double Yolk in Red Lotus Paste, Single Yolk and Macadamia Nuts in White Lotus Paste, and Double Yolk in White Lotus Paste. Szechuan Court Mooncake Treasures $88, from Szechuan Court, Fairmont Singapore, www.fsfestiveorders.com, tel: 6338-8785   LUXE APPEAL It looks more like a wine holder than a gift box for mooncakes. And the compartments keep your paper clips and post-it notes separate. WHAT’S INSIDE? Eight mini snowskin in a single fl avour (pineapple, red date, melon or mango) or eight mini baked (yolk in white lotus paste) mooncakes, or four baked mooncakes in the same flavour (white lotus paste, single yolk or double yolk). Mini Snowskin, $46.60, Mini Baked Mooncakes, $48.60, and Four Baked Mooncakes, from $46.50, from Pastry Palette, Conrad Centennial Singapore, tel: 6432-7309   TEXT LIM TSIAO HUI PRODUCT PHOTOS WINSTON CHUANG & JUSTIN LOH